Best advice I could give for a first time threader is to do it by hand. Forget the back gear, remove the drive belt from the motor, if you have a crank, use it otherwise set up the thread pitch you want and use the large reduction pulley to turn. Pretty easy cutting threads even if you don't have adequate kit.
Beginners tend to be overwhelmed by theory, it's good to know theory, but it's better to have a working lathe. Theory is usually not understandable without seeing it practiced first.
Do it by hand, KISS, know your thread angle and pitch, and keep a sharpie handy to mark the increments that you cut with each pass and most importantly, for me at least know the max thread depth and OD or ID.
No motor, no

, preferably wife driven instead.